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Fri, Feb 10 2012

Parity Reigns As NHRA Opens Season With Winternationals

Also tagged: Auto Club Raceway, Auto Club Raceway At Pomona, Auto Club Winternationals, CA, California, Funny Car, National Hot Rod Association, NHRA, NHRA Auto Club Winternationals, NHRA Pro Classes, Pomona, Pro, Pro Stock, Top Fuel, Winternationals

Tony Schumacher and John Force, two of drag racing’s biggest names, figure to remain prominent factors in the NHRA Full Throttle Series in 2012. But an era of parity — brought on, in part,...

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Thu, Feb 9 2012

Progressive Racing Engines Claims Contingency Connection Engine Builder Of The Year Award

Also tagged: ARCA, Asphalt Late Model, Asphalt Late Models, comp, comp cams, COMP Cams/RHS Engine Builder of the Year, Contingency Connection, Contingency Connection Engine Builder of the Year, Drag, Drag Radial Series, Engine Builder, Engine Builder of the Year, FL, Florida, Florida United Promoters Series, late model, Late Models, Miami Gardens, Off-Shore Motorsports, ORSCA 10.5, Performance Racing Engines, Powerboats, Racing Head Service, RHS, Steve Mcinnis

For the 2011 season, COMP Cams and RHS partnered with the Contingency Connection to sponsor the COMP Cams/RHS Engine Builder of the Year Award. The winner of the year-long affair was Miami Gardens, FL,...

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Mon, Jan 23 2012

IHRA Announces First-ever Summit Racing SuperSeries Junior Dragster World Championship

Also tagged: Drag, Dragster, Dragsters, IHRA, IHRA Junior Dragster, IHRA Junior Dragsters, IHRA Summit Raicng SuperSeries Junior Dragster World Championship, International Hot Rod Association, Junior Dragster, Junior Dragster World Championship, Racing, Summit, Summit Racing, Summit Racing SuperSeries Junior Dragster World Championship

Over the past 10 years the fastest growing and most lucrative grassroots drag racing program in the sport has been the International Hot Rod Association’s Summit Racing SuperSeries. Designed as a championship...

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Fri, Jan 13 2012

Courtney Force Joins JFR’s NHRA Funny Car Team With Traxxas Sponsorship

Also tagged: Courtney Force, Drag, Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Funny Car, JFR, John Force, John Force Racing, National Hot Rod Association, NHRA, NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Ron Douglas, Traxxas

John Force Racing will be a four-car entity this year as Force’s daughter Courtney joins John, brother-in-law Robert Hight and Mike Neff as Funny Car drivers in NHRA’s Full Throttle Drag...

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Mon, Jan 9 2012

Doug Herbert To Be Inducted Into North Carolina Drag Racing Hall Of Fame

Also tagged: BRAKES, Doug Herbert, Drag, Dragster, Greensboro, National Hot Rod Association, NC, NHRA, North Carolina, North Carolina Drag Racing Hall of Fame, Top Fuel, Top Fuel Dragster

NHRA Top Fuel racer Doug Herbert will be inducted into the North Carolina Drag Racing Hall of Fame in Greensboro, N.C., Jan. 13, joining other legendary racers, including Ronnie Sox, Rickie Smith,...

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Wed, Jan 4 2012

From The Ashes: Lou Dreisch’s New ’68 Chevelle 8.50 Index Racer

Also tagged: '68 Chevell 8.50 Index Racer, '68 Chevelle, 1968 Chevelle, 1968 Chevrolet Chevelle, 1968 Chevy Chevelle, 8.50, 8.50 Index Racer, Chevrolet, Chevrolet Chevelle, Chevy, Chevy Chevelle, Drag, Drags, Street Car, Street Car Drag Racing

One of the most supremely compelling elements of the heads-up street car drag racing craze these days – in addition to the elapsed times and speeds these marvels are capable of – is the fact that...

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Thu, Dec 22 2011

ADRL To Become First In Drag Racing To Allow EFI In Pro Stock

Also tagged: ADRL, ADRL XPS, American Drag Racing League, Drag, Drag Race, EFI, Electronic Fuel Injection, Extreme Pro Stock, Fuel Injection, Pro Stock, XPS

O’FALLON, Mo. — In a landmark move for the highly-competitive Extreme Pro Stock (XPS) class, the American Drag Racing League (ADRL) announced on Saturday that it will allow electronic fuel injection...

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Fri, Dec 16 2011

Top NHRA Drag Racing Team Taps Persian Gulf Driver

Also tagged: Al-Anabi, Al-Anabi Racing, Alan Johnson, Drag, Dubai, Full Throttle, Full Throttle Series, Khalid alBalooshi, NHRA, NHRA Full Throttle Series, Qatar, Sheikh Khalid Al Thani, Top Fuel

Al-Anabi Racing, a leading team in the NHRA’s premier Full Throttle drag-racing series, said Wednesday that Khalid alBalooshi would drive one of its two top-fuel dragsters next season. The...

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Wed, Dec 14 2011

Think Hedman’s Husler Hedders For On Or Off The Track

Also tagged: Alcohol Funny Car, Asphalt, Asphalt Late Model, Asphalt Late Models, Asphalt Modified, Asphalt Modifieds, Asphalt Sprint, Asphalt Sprints, BBC, Big Block Chevy, Circle Track, Dirt, Dirt Sprint, Dirt Sprints, Drag, Drag Race, Exhuast Headers, FE, FE Ford, Ford, Headers, Hedman, Hedman Hedders, Husler, Husler Hedman Hedders, late model, LS, LS Swap, Modified, mopar, Oval, Pro Mod, Pro Stock, Race, Racing, RB Mopar, SBC, Small Block Chevy, Sprint Car, Super Late Model, Super Late Models, Top Fuel

If you’re going to be a “one trick pony,” it’s best that you do that one thing exceptionally well, and that is exactly what Hedman Husler Hedders does best: headers (yeah, we know. The spelling...

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Tue, Nov 29 2011

2012 NMRA, NMCA Schedules Released, West Coast Series Planned

Also tagged: 2012, 2012 Schedule, Drag, Ford, muscle car, National Muscle Car Association, NMCA, NMRA

This week, the National Muscle Car Association (NMCA), the #1 muscle car motorsports show in the U.S., and the NMRA, the nation’s leading all-Ford motorsports show, released their event schedules for...

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